I think, you are limited on selection based on what the Apartment complex has lines for. I use
Earthlink dial-up. They are very Linux friendly, but you get no sopport. If you go to there
website at www.earthlink.com , you can check and see if they provide service in the area.
William
--- Mike Manchester <mchester@pobox.com> wrote:
> OK, I know this had been asked a number of times. But this is a more
> general question. Not relating to just the Tampa Bay area.
>
> My son is moving to Colorado and the Apartment they are renting gave
> them two choices for high speed internet. They can get AT&T (COMCAST)
> Broadband, (the Apartment manager said that it is about as slow as dial
> up in the evenings when everyone comes home) or they can get QWEST DSL,
> but they can only have MSN as their isp, because QWEST has a contract
> with MSN. Isn't it possible for them to get others? Can apartments be so
> selective or are they just thinking these people are Windows users and
> need all the help they can get :)
>
> I always thought that you could use any ISP with any DSL connection? I
> use Rapid systems with Verizon here in FL. I can't believe that a DSL
> provider would require you to use MSN. But maybe that explains why the
> AT&T Broadband is so slow in the evenings.And it is Colorado it's not
> the Peoples Republic of Boulder, but it's close.
>
> Another friend of mine lives close to where they are going to live and
> he's Apt complex and has AT&T Broadband and loves it.
>
> So what should they be looking for as far as providers/ISP's to support
> linux, He really doesn't want to go back to Windows.
>
> Do all the Broadband/?DSL's use Ethernet on the client side? Do any
> require special Windows only software to connect to the internet. I know
> some of them supply startup kits for Windows but that mostly sets up the
> network settings. But I'm not versed enough on highspeed to know if
> special software is ever required to use it, like it was when I was
> useing dial up.
>
> Thanks
> Mike M.
>
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